Iranian Non-Muslim Communities : Negotiating Social Space during the Constitutional Revolution, 1891-1911 (The Global Middle East)

Sadeghian, Saghar

Cambridge University Press（2026/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009749145

Full Description

In the years surrounding the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, major non-Muslim communities of Zoroastrians, Christians, Jews, and Baha'is negotiated identities, rights, and power structures. Using primary documents from Iranian, British, and French archives, Saghar Sadeghian sheds light on an underexplored aspect of Iranian and Middle Eastern history and offers a comparative view of these communities during the late Qajar era. This study draws on theories from Foucault, Agamben, and Lefebvre, providing an interdisciplinary analysis that connects history and sociology. The position of non-Muslims in Iranian society created heterotopias for the Muslim majority, yet the fluid identities blurred boundaries and bent regulations. Sadeghian explores the roles of non-Muslims in the revolution, demonstrating the impacts on these groups at the intersection of religion, economy, and politics.

Contents

Introduction; 1. Legal status of the non-Muslims: navigating and negotiating space as Iranians; 2. Non-Muslims' economic activities and social classes in Iran: negotiation of the borders; 3. The religious 'other' in the heart of Iranian society: negotiating and producing spaces; 4. Conversion as boundary crossing; 5. Creating a new social space: non-Muslims in the constitutional revolution (1906-1911); 6. Non-muslims in the parliament: constitutional production of space; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.